Street Parking In Washington D.C. Goes High Tech

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 09/06/2010 - 2:00am

Cities are starting to update a critical public service: on-street Parking. Washington, DC is in the vanguard of this new parking shift.

Officials are working with private companies and they're trying out five different technologies to collect parking revenue.

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